 There were forests black and gloomy, and meadows bright and lively; bounding waterfalls and tranquil lakes; fertile lands and savage wastes; sunny plains and frigid plateaux. There were the most rugged forms, and the most graceful outlines — bold, perpendicular...  Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69 - Стр. 394авторы: Edward Whymper - 1871 - Страниц: 432Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1871 - Страниц: 756
...graceful outlines ; bold, perpendicular clifls, and gentle, undulating slopes ; roeky mountams und snowy mountains, sombre and solemn, or glittering...turrets, pinnacles, pyramids, domes, cones, and spires ! Sight like this must rarely pass to the lot of mortal to enjoy ; it would be a life-memory afterwards.... | |
 | 1871 - Страниц: 818
...visible; turrets, pinnacles, pyramids, domes, cones, and spires !' cries the traveller, in eestasy 7— " there was every combination that the world can give, and every contrast that the heart can desire." "We remained one hour on the summit," he adds, with a certain conscious solemnity. The... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1872 - Страниц: 418
...lakes ; fertile lands and savage wastes ; sunny plains and frigid plateaux. There were the most rugged forms, and the most graceful outlines — bold, perpendicular...combination that the world can give, and every contrast the heart could desire. We remained on the summit for one hour — ' One crowded hour of glorious life.... | |
 | Edward Austin Sheldon - 1875 - Страниц: 444
...of Zermatt, dotted with chalets, from which blue smoke rose lazily. 11. There were the most rugged forms, and the most graceful outlines, — bold, perpendicular...combination that the world can give, and every contrast the heart could desire. 12. We remained on the summit for one hour, — " One crowded hour of glorious... | |
 | Charles Armar Wilkins - 1876 - Страниц: 328
...lakes ; fertile lands and savage wastes ; sunny plains and frigid plateaux. There were the most rugged forms and the most graceful outlines ; bold, perpendicular...give, and every contrast that the heart could desire. So far all had gone well, and they began to prepare for THE DESCENT. " Hudson and I again consulted... | |
 | Edward Whymper - 1880 - Страниц: 392
...lakes ; fertile lands and savage wastes ; sunny plains and frigid plateaux. There were the most rugged forms, and the most graceful outlines — bold, perpendicular...could desire. We remained on the summit for one hour — " Oue erowded hour of glorious life." It passed away too quickly, and we began to prepare for the... | |
 | 1880 - Страниц: 850
...sunny plains and frigid plateaux. There were the most rugged forms and the most graceful outlines ; low perpendicular cliffs and gentle undulating slopes...give, and every contrast that the heart could desire.' Alas ! their naturally triumphant feeling of pleasure was but short-lived. They had commenced their... | |
 | 1880 - Страниц: 700
...lakes ; fertile lands and savage wastes ; sunny plains and frigid plateaux. There were the most rugged forms and the most graceful outlines; bold, perpendicular...and gentle, undulating slopes; rocky mountains and pnowy mountains, sombre and solemn or glittering and white, with walls, turrets, pinnacles, pyramids,... | |
 | Henry Frith - 1884 - Страниц: 322
...magnificent in its extent of a hundred and fifty miles in all directions. To use Mr. Whymper's words, " There was every combination that the world can give, and every contrast that the heart could desire." After an hour passed in delightful contemplation of the view — a view of nature never again to be... | |
 | Joel Tyler Headley - 1885 - Страниц: 430
...lakes ; fertile lands and savage wastes ; sunny plains and frigid plateaux. There were the most rugged forms, and the most graceful outlines — bold, perpendicular...combination that the world can give, and every contrast the heart could desire. We remained on the summit for one hour — ' One crowded hour of glorious life.'... | |
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